Whales in the Arctic don’t have it easy. First hunted to the brink of extinction, today the large marine mammals face climate change, pollution and heavy shipping traffic with noise and collisions threatening their existence. One species, the North Pacific right...
The tiny island consists mainly of small mounds of silt and gravel. It could be the result of a large storm that gradually pushed together material from the seafloor with the help of the sea. Photo: Julian Charriere/via REUTERS Polar researchers from Denmark and...